Oscar Predictions

• PICTURE – The Departed (This is the hardest to predict, I think. I liked Little Miss Sunshine but I can’t understand how got it nominated. I hated Babel but it really is the other top contender. I didn’t see the other two yet but Iwo Jima is unlikely because Eastwood has won so much lately and many would have preferred to see it nominated for Foreign Language Film. The Queen really is critically acclaimed so it may be the dark horse. I’m thinking they will reward Scorsese with Best Picture as well as Best Director.)
• DIRECTOR – Scorsese
• LEAD ACTOR – Forrest Whittaker
• LEAD ACTRESS – Helen Mirren
• SUPP ACTOR – Eddie Murphy
• SUPP ACTRESS – Jennifer Hudson
• ANIMATED – Cars
• ORIG SCREENPLAY – Little Miss Sunshine
• ADAP SCREENPLAY – The Departed
• FOREIGN FILM – Pan’s Labyrinth
• SCORE – Pan’s Labyrinth
• SONG – “Listen” from Dreamgirls
• ART DIRECTION – Pan’s Labyrinth
• CINEMATOGRAPHY – Children of Men
• EDITING – United 93
• COSTUME – Dreamgirls
• MAKEUP – Pan’s Labyrinth
• SOUND MIXING – Dreamgirls
• SOUND EDITING – Letters from Iwo Jima
• VISUAL EFFECTS – Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – An Inconvenient Truth
• DOCUMENTARY SHORT – Recycled Life
• ANIMATED SHORT – The Little Matchgirl
• LIVE-ACTION SHORT – West Bank Story